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This is a list of public artworks in Santa Monica, California in the United States. This list contains only 28 artworks, does not list any artworks installed after 2010, and incorrectly includes private works of art.

Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Another Magical Sunset at Santa Monica Beach Gilbert Luján 1987 Parking garage 3 34°1′1.66″N 118°29′46.35″W / 34.0171278°N 118.4962083°W / 34.0171278; -118.4962083 City of Santa Monica[1]
Arcadia Bandini de Baker Masahito Sanae 1986 Palisades Park Bronze Approx. 3 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. 2 in. City of Santa Monica[2]
Apollo Fountain Julia Bracken Wendt 1924 Rustic Canyon Recreation Center 34°2′16.43″N 118°30′53.47″W / 34.0378972°N 118.5148528°W / 34.0378972; -118.5148528 Bronze Approx. 28 1/2 x 26 x 17 in. City of Los Angeles[3]
The Big Wave Tony DeLap 1983-1990 Wilshire Blvd. at Franklin St. 34°2′25.3″N 118°28′19.84″W / 34.040361°N 118.4721778°W / 34.040361; -118.4721778 Steel, paint, optical fiber Approx. 45 x 80 x 9 ft. City of Santa Monica[4]
Children's Mural Daniel Alonzo 1978 Marine Park Center 34°0′21.63″N 118°27′54.52″W / 34.0060083°N 118.4651444°W / 34.0060083; -118.4651444 [5]
Chain Reaction Paul Conrad 1991 Santa Monica Civic Center 34°0′35.16″N 118°29′24.35″W / 34.0097667°N 118.4900972°W / 34.0097667; -118.4900972 Copper chain link and stainless steel Approx. H. 13 ft. x Diam. 26 ft. City of Santa Monica[6]
Comedy and Tragedy: Muses Olinka Hrdy 1937 Barnum Hall 34°0′43.19″N 118°29′11.52″W / 34.0119972°N 118.4865333°W / 34.0119972; -118.4865333 Painted concrete Santa Monica High School[7]
Cradle Ball Nogues Studio 2010 Parking Garage 7 Stainless steel H 36 ft. x W 39 ft. City of Santa Monica[8]
Douglas Park Picnic Tables Allen and Ellen Wexler 2001 Douglas Park, 2349 Wilshire Boulevard 34°2′8.03″N 118°28′45.23″W / 34.0355639°N 118.4792306°W / 34.0355639; -118.4792306 Picnic table, benches City of Santa Monica[9]
Emergence Ruth C. Snyder 1990 2200 Main St. 34°0′19.91″N 118°29′14.74″W / 34.0055306°N 118.4874278°W / 34.0055306; -118.4874278 Bronze Approx. H. 14 ft. x Diam. 12 in. Private collection[10]
Fountain Family Group Richard H. Ellis 1969 2600 Wilshire Blvd. 34°2′9.57″N 118°28′37.84″W / 34.0359917°N 118.4771778°W / 34.0359917; -118.4771778 Bronze Approx. H. 6 ft. Relocated to Hilbert Museum of California Art in 2019[11][12]
Garage Your Desires Peter Shire 2003 Parking structure #9, 1136 Fourth Street City of Santa Monica[13]
Gestation III Baile Oakes 1990 Palisades Park Wood Approx. 10 ft. 7 in. x 11 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. City of Santa Monica[14][15]
History of the Pico Neighborhood Ann Elizabeth Thiermann 1983 Stewart Street at Virginia Avenue City of Santa Monica[16]
(Interlocking Sculpture) Eino Private residence Colorado marble Approx. 32 x 36 x 18 in. [17]
Intersection Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison 1993 Shutters on the Beach Hotel 34°0′23.8″N 118°29′30.01″W / 34.006611°N 118.4916694°W / 34.006611; -118.4916694 Concrete, plants and sand City of Santa Monica[18]
Irene Dunne Artis Lane St. John's Health Center Bronze Approx. 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft. St. John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation[19]
Ocean Park Historical Postcards Art Mortimer 1980 Joslyn Park, Kensington Street at Beverly Avenue [20]
Ocean Park Segue Joyce Kohl 1988 Ocean Park Beach Concrete [21]
Oneness Eino ca. 1964-1966 Mary Hotchkiss Park 34°0′21.03″N 118°29′3.34″W / 34.0058417°N 118.4842611°W / 34.0058417; -118.4842611 Italian Golden Panaccio marble 8 x 3 x 3 ft. [22]
Totem Pole Unknown 1925 Palisades Park Painted wood Approx. H. 17 1/2 ft. x W. 2 ft. City of Santa Monica[23]
Santa Monica Eugene Morahan 1934 Palisades Park White cement coated with a white silicate sand washed with acid Approx. H. 10 ft. [24]
Santa Monica: Walk on L.A. Carl Cheng 1988 Santa Monica State Beach Cast concrete and steel Approx. W. 12 ft. x Diam. 9 ft. City of Santa Monica[25]
Unbridled David Gordon 1985 Ocean Park Boulevard at Fourth Street 34°0′13.58″N 118°28′53.46″W / 34.0037722°N 118.4815167°W / 34.0037722; -118.4815167 City of Santa Monica[26]
Untitled Eric Orr 1989 or 1990 11900 Olympic 34°1′56.7″N 118°27′8.72″W / 34.032417°N 118.4524222°W / 34.032417; -118.4524222 Black Andes granite Each slab: approx. 12 ft. x 36 in. x 8 in. [27]
Untitled (Homage to Jack Kerouac) Mauro Staccioli 1990 Pico Boulevard, Neilson Way & Ocean Ave. 34°0′25.57″N 118°29′24.47″W / 34.0071028°N 118.4901306°W / 34.0071028; -118.4901306 Painted concrete and wood 2 pieces. Each: approx. 10 x 25 x 2 ft. City of Santa Monica[28]
Wave and Shell Obelisks Michele Oka Doner 1992 Beach boardwalk, Ocean Park Boulevard at Barnard Way 34°0′3.08″N 118°29′9.6″W / 34.0008556°N 118.486000°W / 34.0008556; -118.486000 Accreted minerals from seawater over copper 2 obelisks. Each: approx. H. 13 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 9 in. City of Santa Monica[29]
Whale of a Mural Daniel Alonzo 1983 Ocean Park Boulevard at Fourth Street 34°0′13.58″N 118°28′53.46″W / 34.0037722°N 118.4815167°W / 34.0037722; -118.4815167 City of Santa Monica[30]
In the image Ed Massey 2019 Wishire Boulevard 26th Concrete 7 ft Private Collection [1]

References

  1. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Another Magical Sunset at Santa Monica Beach". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ Sanae, Masahito (1986). "Arcadia Bandini de Baker". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  3. ^ Wendt, Julia M. Bracken (1924). "Apollo Fountain". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ DeLap, Tony; Warren, Williston (1983). "The Big Wave". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. ^ Alonzo, Daniel. "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Children's Mural". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ Conrad, Paul (1991). "Chain Reaction". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ Hrdy, Olinka; Buchanan, Ella; de Vriendt, Stefan (1937). "Comedy and Tragedy: Muses". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Ball Nogues Studio, Cradle (2010)". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Douglas Park Picnic Tables". City of Santa Monica. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  10. ^ Snyder, Ruth C. (2001). "Emergence". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. ^ Arp, Dennis (2022-02-22). "Chapman Announces Plans to Greatly Expand Hilbert Museum of California Art". Chapman Newsroom. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  12. ^ Ellis, Richard H. (1969). "Fountain Family Group". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Garage Your Desires". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  14. ^ Oakes, Baile (1990). "Gestation III". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Artist Baile Oakes and city staff to launch restoration effort for 26 year old wood sculpture, Gestation III, in Palisades Park". Welcome to Friends of Palisades Park. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - History of the Pico Neighborhood". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  17. ^ Eino (1968). "Interlocking Sculpture". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  18. ^ Harrison, Helen; Harrison, Newton (1993). "Intersection". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  19. ^ Lane, Artis. "Irene Dunne". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Ocean Park Historical Postcards". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Ocean Park Segue". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  22. ^ Eino (1964). "Oneness". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Totem Pole". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. 1925. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  24. ^ Morahan, Eugene (1934). "Santa Monica". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  25. ^ Cheng, Carl (1988). "Santa Monica Art Tool: Walk on L.A". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  26. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Unbridled(2)". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  27. ^ Orr, Eric (1989). "Untitled". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  28. ^ Staccioli, Mauro (1990). "Untitled". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  29. ^ Doner, Michele Oka (1992). "Wave and Shell Obelisks". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  30. ^ "Santa Monica Cultural Affairs - Whale of a Mural". www.smgov.net. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

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